2004 AFC Champions League


The 2004 AFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 2nd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The title was won by Al-Ittihad over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Format

;Group Stage
A total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:
The seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.
;Knockout Round
All 8 clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, "away goals rule" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where "away goals rule" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G


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Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First-leg home team shown first.
First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

First leg

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Second leg

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Al-Ittihad won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Pakhtakor won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 11–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

First leg

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Second leg

Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

First-leg home team shown first. First-leg home team score shown first for both legs.

First leg

Second leg

Al-Ittihad won 6–3 on aggregate.